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Sarasota Herald-Tribune Children First, the exclusive provider of Head Start and Early Head Start services in Sarasota County, recently received nearly $50,000 in support for the community’s most vulnerable children, birth to age 5, and their families. The agency received $15,000 from the Eluned & Edward Russell Charitable Foundation through the Community Foundation of Sarasota County for The Challenge for Changing Lives – Children First’s 60th anniversary challenge match campaign. Grant funds that will also be matched by The Challenge include $15,000 from the Libertore Fund for Children, $5,000 from the Venice Golf & Country Club Foundation, $4,000 from Paycom for scholarship support, $4,700 from the Plantation Community Foundation, $2,000 from Synovus in support of the Families First Institute, and $2,000 from Car Credit of Tampa as their featured nonprofit for the month of April. ....
Sarasota Herald-Tribune Rod Hershberger, co-founder of PGT Innovations and chairman of the board of directors, was recently elected as an Architectural Products Council director on the Fenestration and Glazing Industry Alliance s board of directors. He will serve a two-year term. Hershberger was also selected to a one-year term as the APC s second vice president. He began serving both terms this month. The Fenestration and Glazing Industry Alliance is an organization dedicated to improving home and building performance through better glass, window, door and skylight technology and standards. The board of directors is composed of officers and directors from the APC, Glass Products Council and Residential Products Council, as well as ex-officio board members. ....